Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. Download the full version to access these features. The big book the main 164 pages, prayers, personal stories, and. Sexual conductharm done t o others read carefully big book pages 6870. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. The second edition, published in 1955, reached a total of more than 1,150,500 copies. Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The big book of alcoholics anonymous kindle edition by. This is the audio version of the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The free version features the full text of the big book, prayers, personal stories, podcasts, meeting finder, and more. Quickly find the contact information for any aa chapter in the u.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Ideal for those who find difficulty reading, an audio version of the big book in mp3 format. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong. Our drinking was connected with many habitsbig and little. Hold to download or tapclick to play the mp3 audio tape. These are posted as an aid to the blind, those who have difficulty reading or who are remote from meetings either in prison or in hard to reach places. We asked god to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover. Here is a pdf version of the first 164 pages found in all aa books. The aa speaker featured in this talk is marty mann, one of the first women in alcoholics anonymous. As of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny.
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